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With the car off, when I drop the e-brake the light goes away. As soon as I start it the light turns on and stays on. Brake fluid is full. Not sure what else to check. Any ideas?
JDM Steve
06-07-2007, 03:56 PM
fuse?
carlova78
06-07-2007, 04:02 PM
relay?
v-empire
06-07-2007, 04:06 PM
check the little button by the ebrake, you can see it, try sticking a screw driver or something and psh it in more, and see if the ebrake light goes off. may need some adjstment if it does..other than that. i would just use some electrical tape.
to cover the light.
check the little button by the ebrake, you can see it, try sticking a screw driver or something and psh it in more, and see if the ebrake light goes off. may need some adjstment if it does..other than that. i would just use some electrical tape.
to cover the light.
I checked that. THe light turns off when the e-brake is down with the car off. As soon as I turn the car on (with the e-brake off) the light comes on. I fiddled with the lil float for the brake fluid and that did nothing. Its not stuck tho. I'm kinda a perfectionist when it comes to things like this. I WILL figure out why the light is on... :)
v-empire
06-07-2007, 05:19 PM
ok, well, then paint the bulb black.
perfect!
lol no! its there for a reason. i must make it feel better... i feel bad for it.
v-empire
06-07-2007, 05:23 PM
its two wires. you should figure it out.
maybe the switch by the ebarake is bad!!!UH HUH!~!
maybe the MC needs to be cleaned out? UH HUH!
maybe jesus is coming back! uH HUH!!
JDM Steve
06-07-2007, 05:31 PM
maybe, just maybe
its two wires. you should figure it out.
maybe the switch by the ebarake is bad!!!UH HUH!~!
maybe the MC needs to be cleaned out? UH HUH!
maybe jesus is coming back! uH HUH!!
But while the car is off the ebrake switch works just fine!!!!!!!!!
could be MC i guess... but the floaty thing works. dunno.
v-empire
06-07-2007, 05:49 PM
IC....then maybe its the sensor. UH HUH!
maybe its the weather, UH HUH!!
hellfire
06-07-2007, 06:09 PM
How is your Alt doing? When your alt takes a shit, and your car runs on very low power, the brake light tends to stay on.
That also could be your starting problem.
Tyler
v-empire
06-07-2007, 06:14 PM
his alt is taking a shit too...lol....maybe you need to rest it for a while and give it a bath.
hellfire
06-07-2007, 06:21 PM
Maybe when you pressure washed his bay, the Battery sensing wire got unhooked or broken from the alt. That would cause it not to know when to charge right? So maybe its only charging at higher RPMs?
Or would the alt not work at all when that wire is loose/disconnected?
Tyler
v-empire
06-07-2007, 06:24 PM
no it was all working till that last day when he picked it up. which he returned to me a dead miata and to him a 240sx that got screwed in the ass...
its only fair.
carlova78
06-07-2007, 06:26 PM
ahahhahahhaha. didnt ur miata have an electrical prob. hey dave my car works now yayah
v-empire
06-07-2007, 06:31 PM
yeah, i havent even looked at it yet. i am driving the civic for now. maybe this weekend i will look at it. and maybe take my 240sx apart, the red one.
carlova78
06-07-2007, 06:33 PM
omg how many cars do you have dude? is your civic rice
hellfire
06-07-2007, 06:40 PM
Oh, well I have no clue then.
Tyler
v-empire
06-07-2007, 06:54 PM
omg how many cars do you have dude? is your civic rice
stock civic with AC 5 speed. 40mpg
How is your Alt doing? When your alt takes a shit, and your car runs on very low power, the brake light tends to stay on.
That also could be your starting problem.
Tyler
You might just be right. The battery light is on just the tinyest bit. I can see it at night. That would make sense. Maybe I'll try putting jumper cables on it and see if that makes a difference.
his alt is taking a shit too...lol....maybe you need to rest it for a while and give it a bath.
It does need a bath. On the outside atleast. You cleaned the SHIT out of the vroom vroom.
no it was all working till that last day when he picked it up. which he returned to me a dead miata and to him a 240sx that got screwed in the ass...
its only fair.
Hah yah...
How odd would it be if both our alternators took a poo at the same time...
Found something on freshalloy. Looks like this might solve my problem. I'm gonna run down and check it out in a moment...
is your battery light half lit up? i found an engine control fuse in my s13 that fixed that problem. under the hood in the passenger side fuse box
My battery light is half lit up so it looks likely.
The problem was Engine Control Fuse under the hood on the passenger side. It also fixed my starting problem and the dim battery light problem!
:goodjob:
hellfire
06-09-2007, 07:32 PM
Awesome man. :goodjob:
Tyler
Andy C
06-10-2007, 04:53 AM
My old s13's battery light stayed on most of the time, and would randomly turn off for a couple minutes. I never figured out what the problem was, but now I know.
Casey
06-10-2007, 09:51 AM
schweeet m8
fixed problem
awesome
seeeee if he had taped his stupid light bulb... then this would not have been found
cough tsk tsk dave
schweeet m8
fixed problem
awesome
seeeee if he had taped his stupid light bulb... then this would not have been found
cough tsk tsk dave
:)
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